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DEP gives OK to public comment on fracking wastewater permits
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DEP gives OK to public comment on fracking wastewater permits

49 facilities were given permits with no comment period.
Here comes the sun: Solar moves in, and a farm community wonders about its future
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Here comes the sun: Solar moves in, and a farm community wonders about its future

Biden's clean energy push will make the community conversations about placement of solar power more important.
Editorial: Pennsylvania DEP should revoke permits, explain itself
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Editorial: Pennsylvania DEP should revoke permits, explain itself

The need for public involvement in the environmental permitting process is intuitive: the public is impacted. It should have a voice.
Bureau of Land Management proposes drilling on most of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Bureau of Land Management proposes drilling on most of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

The Trump administration will propose opening up more than two-thirds of a remote Alaska reserve to oil and gas drilling, according to a document posted Thursday in the Federal Register, removing protections safeguarded under Ronald Reagan.
PA: Senate bill would block all regulations, shut down citizen advisory committee meetings during declared emergency

PA: Senate bill would block all regulations, shut down citizen advisory committee meetings during declared emergency

Bill 1147 would block all proposed and final regulations from publication and prohibit any state agency citizens advisory committee meetings for the duration of a disaster emergency declared by the governor.

Destiny Thomas: ‘Safe streets’ are not safe for black lives

Destiny Thomas: ‘Safe streets’ are not safe for black lives

A transportation planner warns pedestrian-friendly street redesigns that happen without diverse public input can end up harming the communities they serve.
She traveled 800 miles to weigh in on a White House plan to roll back a bedrock environmental law. She got 3 minutes.
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She traveled 800 miles to weigh in on a White House plan to roll back a bedrock environmental law. She got 3 minutes.

Activists and politicians accused the Trump administration of trying to curtail public input as it moves to change the National Environmental Policy Act.

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